Tallent v. M. C. Lyle & Son

Me. Chiee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit to recover compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Code, sec. 6851 et seq. We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the court below, Tallent as petitioner and M. C. Lyle & Son as the defendant. The former was employed by the latter as a painter and was engaged along with numerous other employees in painting houses in Oak Ridge, site of Atomic Energy development.

The only question in the case is whether or not the injury, for which compensation is sought, arose out of and in the course of petitioner’s…